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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Planting Sweetgrass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?
(a) "Bitterness."
(b) "Eternal indebtedness."
(c) "A solution to problems."
(d) "Ongoing relationship."

2. How many times does the author say her ancestors were "removed" in the span of a single generation in "The Council of Pecans" (21)?
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. Upon what creature's back did the woman spread the mud in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Giraffe's.
(b) Clam's.
(c) Turtle's.
(d) Elephant's.

4. The author states in "The Gift of Strawberries," "Gifts exist in a realm of" what (35)?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Humility and mystery."
(c) "Forgiveness and negotiation."
(d) "Happiness."

5. What does the author describe in "The Council of Pecans" as "fungal strands that inhabit tree roots" (30)?
(a) Mycorrhizae.
(b) Carya illinoensis.
(c) Pharmacopoeia.
(d) Juglandaceae.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?

2. In what small village is Evon Peter a Chief in northeastern Alaska?

3. Who stated that “objects . . . will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts" (43)?

4. What is the scientific name for the pecan hickory tree?

5. What does the author say she should call it when writers go walking the forests and fields looking for plants in "Asters and Goldenrod"?

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